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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Original english is 'largely' the same as modern english?So, that quote you used from Alfred the Great up there, then - you understood every word? Balls.
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are you seriously telling me you don't recognise the word "less" in that sentence? Especially since you have the translation below.
But what I meant is that modern usage of words is largely the same as the Old English usage of the Old English forms of the same words and in largely the same structure.
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